Author: Rowland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780914421245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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Relive the lives of John Rowland and William Workman through this single volume story of two men whose friendship endured for 40 years of adventure, adversity and success on the New Mexico and California frontiers. Complete with illustrations, maps and photos.

Author: Donald E. Rowland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Author: Mary Elizabeth Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Author: Paul McClure
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781790622696
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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William Workman (1799-1876) emigrated from England to Missouri, then New Mexico and finally, in 1841, to Southern California.He assimilated into Mexican society, befriended Governor Pio Pico, and in 1845 he and John Rowland were granted the 49,000-acre Rancho La Puente. Workman also helped arrange Mexico's surrender after the Mexican-American War. After California became an American state, he became the quintessential Southern California ranchero, he invested in banking and real estate, and is regarded as one of the founders of Los Angeles.Unfortunately, during the Panic of 1875, he mortgaged all his property, went bankrupt, and lost everything.

Author: Barbara Ann Hall
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531635244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Covina began as a coffee plantation carved out of Rancho La Puente, which John Rowland had purchased from California's Mexican government. Rowland later shared the land with his friend and partner William Workman, and after Rowland's death, his widow, Charlotte, sold 5,500 acres to Julian and Antonio Badillo, on which they attempted unsuccessfully to grow coffee. Joseph Swift Phillips purchased 2,000 acres of the Badillo land, subdivided the tract, and laid out Covina's town site. Covina came to grow, process, and ship eight percent of California's citrus, transforming into a farming community that was neither rural nor urban. Residents established cultural, social, and civic organizations, founded a scientific study group and a literary society, and even built an opera house.

Author: Harris Newmark
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913" (Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark) by Harris Newmark. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author: Leonore Rowland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : La Puente (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Author: Josette Laura Temple
Publisher: Stephens Press, LLC
ISBN: 1932173315
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Walter P. Temple grew up in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California. His father was the founder of Temple City, and his ancestors on both sides were members of the valley's First Families, dating back to 1841. As a boy, he experienced life on a rancho, witnessed the genesis of California's oil fields, and appreciated the natural glory of the valley's hillsides. By the time Walter reached his sixties, he saw that this beautiful valley was changing and prospering, and familiar buildings that had been an integral part of his early heritage were being razed in the path of city development. He knew that if future generations were to value the history of the area, such landmarks must somehow be preserved. He began to record them in sketches, watercolors and oils as gifts to share with those who might appreciate them. Gentle Artist is a collection of those artworks and related family photographs, lovingly presented by Walter's daughter,Josette.

Author: Patricia Chambers Walker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742503441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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The first comprehensive guide to America's historic house museums, this directory moves beyond merely listing institutions to providing information about interpretive themes, historical and architectural significance, collections, and cultural and social importance, along with programming events and facility information. Useful cross-reference guides provide quick and easy ways of locating information on almost 2500 museums. A multi-functional reference for museum professionals, local historians, historic preservationists or anyone interested in America's historic house museums.

Author: Kenneth N. Owens
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806136813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Combines narrative history and firsthand Mormon accounts that cast light on the presence of Latter-day Saints in California during the Gold Rush in the middle 1840s. Reprint.